CCSE Contracts in Cheshire

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for CCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £513 £525 -
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

CCSE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 163 112 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 27.08% 23.48% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 76 62
10th Percentile £269 £158 £325
25th Percentile £350 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £537 £570 £586
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £28.06 - £31.30
25th Percentile £30.63 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -65.00% +63.27%
75th Percentile £35.38 - £65.75
90th Percentile £56.15 - £66.50
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £17.53 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.95% -58.75% +6.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing CCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for CCSE in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCSE in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for CCSE in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSE within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 4 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Macclesfield - 1 £375 -
CCSE
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA CyberOps
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Check Point Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler